Originally posted by basics
Just like sometimes you want a straight half-time 1,3 beat to emphasize the riff and your goddamn drummer won't do it because he's always soloing but it doesn't fit the tune. He won't get it until I play it to a fruityloops drum line I made up and he GETS the bigger picture. Composers and useless filler instruments.

Right now, I've got a drummer that I know is a wicked drummer (from previous jams), but we're doing some covers, and he won't break loose. I love drums that are more than just your old hi-hat 1-2-3-4, bass on 2, snare on 4 boring junk. I wish he would do more rolls; huge, epic rolls, like Neil Peart on the toms. Well, I'm working on it. Hopefully he'll learn to break it out before the show!